Mineral compositions, microstructures, and mechanical properties of primary materials from the Paleolithic age

Materials Characterization

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-168

  Yonekura, Kaoru ^a   Hasegawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Suzuki, Tetsuya ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDENTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROCKS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MICROINDENTATION HARDNESS TEST; PALEOLITHIC AGE; STONE ARTIFACTS;

MINERALS;

EID: 33244457790     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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